Yup. “They rigged the election and now I’m president again.”

So fucking nonchalantly too.

He straight up admitted on air that the election was rigged, and there hasn’t been a peep from anyone

Unrealized gains means that the investment vehicle has increased in value since it was purchased, but hasn’t been sold at that value. Every type of investment is going to have either unrealized gains or losses until it’s sold.

So, one guy is going to go around arresting top officials of a dictatorship?

It’s helpful to point out to people that following established rules doesn’t work when the people in power disregard them with impunity.

There’s not going to be a legal or political uno reverse card that will stop what’s happening. The only established mechanism that still exists to get us out of this is if the military does its duty and protects us from the domestic threat to the constitution.

But, with Trump replacing the joint chiefs and top JAG members, I’m not betting on that happening.

People need to stop living in the fantasy of, “we just have to wait it out for 2-4 years.”

Who enforces those subpoenas? Who enforces the contempt charges? Trump is in charge of all of the enforcement mechanisms.

Why do you think flipping the house matters? We’re living in a dictatorship.

We need a tax on unrealized gains over a certain amount (as to not screw the 99%).

Dementia, not alzheimers. And there’s definitely still a way to get rid of him.

Try being a sane person living here

I should probably check when that is, shouldn’t I?

https://youtu.be/LxP8V0-ngbw?si=6NpGxpwlYGObK_1i

3 minute mark.

Or just Google what a fucking tarrif is.

That’s all it would take, typing 6 letters into a search engine.

We’ll never get real communism because humans are awful and will eventually corrupt any system.

Just a friendly correction, it’s affected, not effected. Affected is a verb (which is how I remember).

Lol, Biden doesn’t have a long track record of trying to make things better.

It’s not timid complacency to acknowledge that the country is sexist. Half the country doesn’t even see them as people. I’d say the same thing if we were talking about an openly LGBTQ+ person too.

We need someone who isn’t an insane fascist and has a long track record of trying to make things better. That’s step one. After that, we can focus on step 2.

AOC being the VP pick will help the country shift more towards being ready for a female president, because she would be way more active than Harris was.

Unless you’re redlining your systems 24/7, the load really shouldn’t be that bad.

My first gen i7 would still be going strong if the mobo hadn’t started dying. Especially running Linux.

You have to be pragmatic, though. There’s a time and place to push for progress, and this isn’t either. You need to stop the house from burning down before you can renovate it.

If 2028 even happens, it’ll be a fight to reclaim the country. That means the person with the best chance of winning needs to run. AOC is not that person this year.

You have to remember that the vast majority citizens aren’t anywhere near as informed on anything related to politics as the people here are. This is by design thanks to mass media. You have to field a person that appeals to the most people, and a Hispanic woman doesn’t do that.

It’s really fucking stupid that things are this way, but people are really fucking stupid. Tim Waltz is a very likable old white man, and that’s what will win an election.